New Gallery

The Candy Show - 2017 - Portland, OR

In August of 2017, my husband and I hung a candy themed show at the wonderful Candy Babel.

Sugar is my God

One of a kind. 10", hand drawn and stitched on white linen.

Quote by Charles Schulz

One of a kind. 10", hand drawn and stitched on white linen.

True Story

One of a kind. 9", hand drawn and stitched on white linen.

Lemon Sour Patch Kid

One of a kind. 8x10", hand drawn, painted and stitched on canvas with texture medium.

Orange Gummy Bear

One of a kind. 8x10", hand drawn, painted and stitched on canvas with texture medium.

Mystery Gummy Bear

One of a kind. 8x10", hand drawn, painted and stitched on canvas.

Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kid

One of a kind. 8x10", hand drawn, painted and stitched on canvas with texture medium.

Cherry Sour Patch Kid

One of a kind. 8x10", hand drawn, painted and stitched on canvas with texture medium.

Sweet

One of a kind. 9x5", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen.

Poison

One of a kind. 9", hand drawn and stitched on white linen.

Cotton Candy

One of a kind. 9", hand drawn and stitched on white linen.

Rock Candy

One of a kind. 9", hand drawn and stitched on white linen.

Immaculate Conception

Inspired by the Tom Waits song, Chocolate Jesus.

One of a kind. 9", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen.

Monster(s) - 4/20/2017 - Seattle, WA

Tsukumogami Trio

Tools and instruments can acquire a spirit after being used by a household for 100 years. If they fall into disrepair or are neglected, those spirits can go feral. In the case of musical instruments, there are stories of forgotten ones growing bodies, donning red robes and playing mournfully in the distance.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen. 10”

SOLD.

Bake Neko

A monster cat appears, at first, like a regular cat. It grows both larger and size and supernatural powers with age. Some can eventually throw fireballs with their eyes. A cat can become a Bake Neko after 13 years or it grows to 8.25 pounds. This one was inspired by the 1977 Japanese Horror movie, House.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen with a simple switch and LED lights. 8”

SOLD.

Bake Neko detail

Snacks!

Inspired by the Futakuchi-onna, a woman who rarely eats and grows a monstrous second mouth on the back of her head that isinsatiable. It screams and causes her great pain if it isn't fed. Eventually, her tentacle-like hair grows long enough to feed to the mouth itself. Om nom nom.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen. 12”

Snacks! detail

Snacks! detail

Akkorokamui

A giant octopus so large that when it surfaced, the sky would turn red from it’s reflection. You could also smell it coming.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen. 14”

Akkorokamui detail

Akkorokamui detail

Kasa-obake

The tsukumogami that old umbrellas turn into. It hops around on one foot and has an inexplicably long tongue.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen. 10”

Kasa-obake detail

Stand Up

From a poem by Catherynne M. Valente.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen. 9”

I Love Monsters

Quotation by Guillermo del Toro

Embroidery floss on linen. 10”

SOLD

Otoroshi

Little is known about these squat creatures except that their diet consists of small animals and terrible people.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen. 8”

SOLD.

Otoroshi detail

Got My Eyes on You

Inspired by Hyakume, one hundred eyes, who guarded temples and shrines and if someone approached, eyes would detach and follow them until they left.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen. 8”x12”

SOLD.

Got My Eyes on You detail

Shirime

A ghost with an eye instead of an anus, they seem to only want to startle people.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen. 10”

Shirime detail

Ao Andon

Ao Andon, The ghost that would appear at the end of seance like parties, where a hundred blue lanterns were lit and a hundred ghost stories told, when the last lantern went out.

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen with a simple switch and LED light. 8”

Bestie

Quotation by Boris Karloff

Acrylic paint and embroidery floss on linen. 8”

Witch-A-Day 2017

Inspired by the resurgence of the witch as a feminist icon, I decided to return to my witchy roots, stitching a different witch every day during the month of October, exploring what a witch is and can be.

#1 - Hex White Supremacy

One of a kind. 10", hand drawn, stitched and painted on white linen. SOLD

#2 - Marie Laveau

One of a kind. 6", hand drawn, stitched and painted on white linen.

#3 - Tina the Teenage Witch

One of a kind. 5x9", hand drawn, stitched and painted on silver metallic linen. SOLD

#4 - Morticia Addams

One of a kind. 10", hand drawn, stitched and painted on white linen. SOLD

#5 - Inspired by Salvador Dali

One of a kind. 9", hand drawn, stitched and painted on gold metallic linen. SOLD

#6 - Inspired by Brassai

One of a kind. 5", hand drawn, stitched and painted on white linen. SOLD

#7 - As Above, So Below

"It is true without lying, certain and most true. That which is Below is like that which is Above and that which is Above is like that which is Below."

One of a kind. 5x9", hand drawn, stitched and painted on white linen. SOLD

#8 - Moon Magic

One of a kind. 9", hand drawn, painted and stitched with beeswax, vintage glitter, paper and LED magic.

#9 - For Indigenous Peoples' Day

One of a kind. 9", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen. SOLD

#10 - Roald Dahl's Grand High Witch

One of a kind. 7", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen.

#11 - Sea Witch

One of a kind. 5", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen. SOLD

#12 - Mood

One of a kind. 8", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen.

#13 - Balenciaga!

Inspired by AHS: Coven's Myrtle Snow.

One of a kind. 9", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen. SOLD

#14 - Sybil Leek

One of a kind. 10", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen.

#15 - Hysteria

One of a kind. 5", hand drawn and stitched on white linen.

#16 - Stronger Together

One of a kind. 6", hand drawn and stitched on white pearlescent cotton. SOLD

#17 - Selma & Patty (Burn, baby)

One of a kind. 8", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen. SOLD

#18 - Laurie Cabot

One of a kind. 8", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen. SOLD

#19 - Glamour

One of a kind. 8", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen. SOLD

#20 - Me too

One of a kind. 8", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen. SOLD

#21 - Toilet Witch

One of a kind. 4", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white pearlescent cotton. SOLD

#22 - Go bag

One of a kind. 5", hand drawn and stitched on white linen. SOLD

#23 - Power

One of a kind. 5x9", hand drawn and stitched on white pearlescent cotton. SOLD

One of a kind. 7", hand drawn and stitched on white linen with vintage sparkles.

#30 - Crone

One of a kind. 10", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen.

#31 - W.I.T.C.H. (Chicago, 1968)

One of a kind. 15x9", hand drawn, painted and stitched on white linen.

Embroidery - 2017

Embroidery - 2016

This is a mostly complete collection of what I've made so far this year. I've been experimenting a lot with paint after spending an extraordinary amount of time looking at Hubble telescope photos. I've also been making lots of hoops with LED lights this year. They have their own page.

Playing with Light - 2014-Present

In August 2014, I was inspired by my husband's experiments with circuit bending and LEDs and had a few ideas for hoop art using light. We made a few together and after many wiring diagrams and tears, they've become my favorite thing to make.

Windswept

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 22" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Be Awesome

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Catch a Falling Star

Hand drawn appliqued and embroidered navy linen stretched over a 10" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED stars.

Cosmic Love

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 10" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED star.

Box of Stars

“Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed.”

― William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

inspired by the quote above, this one of a kind wall hanging is hand embroidered and painted off white linen stretched over a 10" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED stars.

Plucked from the Sky

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered natural linen stretched over a 5 x 9" wooden oval embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED star with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

String Theory One

Inspired by the game asteroids, this one of a kind wall hanging is hand drawn and embroidered black linen stretched over a 10" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the LED explosion.

Firefly

This one of a kind wall hanging is hand embroidered and painted navy linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED firefly with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Space Kitten

Hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED star.

Space Uterus

Hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED stars.

Major Tom

Hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 10" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED stars.

Tune out

Hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LEDs.

Portal

Hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED star.

Stardust

Hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED.

Midwest Summer

Hand embroidered and painted navy linen stretched over a 7" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED firefly.

Head Full of Stars no. 4

Hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED stars.

Head Full of Stars no. 1

Hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED stars.

Head Full of Stars no. 3

Hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED stars.

Hand embroidered and painted white linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED stars.

Space Kitten

Inspired by a drawing in the women's bathroom at the Stork Club in Oakland, California, this one of a kind wall hanging is hand embroidered natural linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED.

Made in Oregon

Hand drawn and embroidered white linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Head Full of Stars

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Tune Out

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Sweet Leaf

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Space Kitten

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Space Kitten

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Cookoo Wokeface

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Inspired by the Portland street artist, @wokeface.

Space Babe

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 10" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LEDs with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Star in a Jar

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 7" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Lotus

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered white linen stretched over a 8" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Inspired by the first steps of the Buddha.

Head Full of Stars

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LEDs with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Portal

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 10" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Made of Stars

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered white linen stretched over a 10" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Space Kitten

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 14" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Space Kitten

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 12" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Space Kitten

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 12" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

New Moon over Mount Hood

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered white linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Space Love

Inspired by a photo of Sarah Voruz and Dade Wheless by Nick Porter.

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 9" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Pink Moon Over Mount Hood

Mind Blown

Hand drawn, painted and embroidered black linen stretched over a 22" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED with a simple switch on the edge of the hoop, powdered by a watch battery.

Take your Broken Heart

This artwork is entirely one of a kind. The heart was made from my writing, painted over and torn, adhered to the fabric with beeswax and secured with my sewing machine and red thread. The words, inspired by the Carrie Fisher quote, "Take your broken heart, make it into art," were hand drawn, embroidered and painted on white linen stretched over a wooden oval. Then, the heart was wired with eight flickering LED lights with two switches. It was a labor of love.

Box of Stars

“Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed.”

― William Faulkner, The Sound and the Fury

Inspired by the quote above, this one of a kind wall hanging is hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 12" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED stars. it comes wrapped for gift giving and is ready to hang.

Be Here Now

"Be here now.”

―Ram Dass

Inspired by the quote above, this one of a kind wall hanging is hand embroidered and painted black linen stretched over a 12" wooden embroidery hoop, wired with conductive thread to light up the flickering LED star. it comes wrapped for gift giving and is ready to hang.

Street Art

I like wandering around my neighborhood and leaving things out in the world that may make people smile. I sometimes do it when I travel. I sometimes take pictures.

Merkitty - Portland, OR

Thank You - Portland, OR

Be Good - Portland, OR

Merkitty - Portland, OR

Merkitty - Seattle, WA

Merkitty - Portland, OR

Merkitty - Portland, OR

Be Good - Portland, OR

Be Good - New Orleans, LA

Be Good - New Orleans, LA

Be Good - New Orleans, LA

Be Good - New Orleans, LA

The Word Project

Last spring, a friend asked me if I wanted to know her new favorite word. I did and when she told me it became my new favorite word. I couldn't get it out of my head for weeks and ended up embroidering it. It was so much fun, I asked more friends for their favorite words and the word of the week project was born. I post one word a week and continue collecting words. I will happily work on this project forever. The first word was velleity.

Year of Making - 2014

My friend Kim Werker wrote a blog post about embarking on a "Year of Making" at the end of 2013. I'd been interested in the idea of a 365 project but hadn't found the right one. This appealed to me because "making" was non-specific. I could cook a meal or write a letter or sew a skirt... What I realized quickly was that I always make something every single day. It's like breathing to me. I couldn't live without making. Here's a few of the pictures from this project. You can view the whole set here.

Mixed Media 2003-2007

From 2003 to 2007, I made many pieces of mixed media art. These are some of my favorites. You can see more here.

Jewelry & Accessories 2006-2013

Here are some of my favorite pieces of jewelry and hair accessories made between 2006 and 2014.